Posted by Lim on Aug 28th, 08 | Filed under
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Pixlr is a new web-based image editor. Its interface is pretty simple, and the loading speed is very fast. There are some other similar services which i introduce before, such as Sumo Paint, Photoshop Express, Splashup, and Picnik.
There are a lot of tools which you can use. For example, they provide marquee tool, stamp tool, blur tool, filter, and even add new layer to the image!
The entire application is based on flash and contains almost all features of a basic image editing sotfware. You may give it a try if you want a simple yet fast web based image editing tool.
Pixlr
Posted by Lim on Jul 2nd, 08 | Filed under
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Adobe had released its new PDF reader, Adobe Reader 9. With Adobe Reader 9, users can play Flash, shockwave, and other rich media contents directly from Adobe Reader without the need to open another applications.
Adobe Reader 9 also loads faster than its previous version. The main attraction of Adobe Reader 9 is users can view the flash content from the reader, without the need to open another applications. I am sure a lot of rich media PDF documents will come out due to this feature.
I hope Adobe Reader 9’s load speed will not affected by these rich media content, else users will go to other alternatives such as Foxit Reader or Sumatra PDF, which load faster than Adobe Reader.
download and install Adobe Reader 9 now
Posted by Lim on Apr 13th, 08 | Filed under
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Scribd had launch a program called Convert your paper to iPaper, which means they will scan your paper documents for free, and publish them on the internet for free.
Document sharing website Scribd launched iPaper in February and now they are taking one step further to introduce this service. The company has a strict process to make sure you are not going to send them a lot of documents. Here is the instruction:
To participate, just send a brief description of the type and quantity of your documents to paper@scribd.com. A Scribd representative will reply shortly with further instructions for how and where to mail the documents. Scribd will have the content scanned and published on Scribd.com to be easily shared with anyone. Include your Scribd username along with your paper so that your content will be published in your account. If you are not a Scribd user, include your email address, and Scribd will email you a link to your published content.
I believe this service will bring a lot of benefits to students, as they can get free scanning service and can share their documents with friends.
Scribd claims that this service will be available for limited time only, and they may choose to not scan the materials received. For further information, please visit their page.
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Posted by Lim on Apr 9th, 08 | Filed under
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Deyey is a Hong Kong based company which provide service on creating free name card using their online tools.
How to spell Deyey? Well, Deyey should be splited in 3 words D-EYE-Y. The meaning is “Do some visuals that are related to your businesses by yourself”. They aim to provide service for small bussiness and individual to save their cost to run and promote website.
Every user will get around 100MB after sign up. Users can use the storage to save their name card, find and save others name card, or even as a personal online storage.
Create a name card using Deyey is extremely easy for a beginner. First, choose your background from the galleries, then proceed with your logo. After that, you can add more information such as your Company name, address, and phone number to it. It is a flash-based application, which is very user-friendly.
After you create your name card, you can save it so that other Deyey users can search it. This is how Deyey help you to promote your company.
As a personal inventory, i don’t think 100MB is enough. Perhaps they will increase their storage or maybe add paid package which will have bigger storage.
Deyey
Posted by Lim on Mar 16th, 08 | Filed under
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PdfMeNot let users convert any PDF document into flash format, which is much more easy to embedded into website/blog.
There are some service which can convert and share documents online, such as Scribd and SlideShare. PdfMeNot is similar with them, which can convert PDF documents and provide an embedded link so that bloggers can place a PDF viewer within their blogs.
The main advantage of flash format over the PDF format is the loading speed. Once you open the link, the content will appear almost immediately. This is the main reason why flash format had become more popular nowadays.
PdfMeNot team also create a lot of tools which help users to easily integrate their service to the browsers and websites. For example, they had cerate Bookmarklet button which will automatically convert PDF contents to flash contents, Firefox extension, Embedded PDF viewer for websites, and much more.
PdfMeNot.com
Posted by Lim on Mar 2nd, 08 | Filed under
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goWebtop provide a flash based email service for users. The interface is very familiar with out desktop mail client.
goWebtop beta comes with a very familiar interface, but built with flash technology. When i first log into my account, i feel that the interface is similar with my Yahoo! Mail interface. It is a Web 2.0 application which built with flash technology.
goWebtop comes with mail, contacts, and other applications that can work together. No plugin/software needed as long as your computer installed with latest flash plugin.
After register, you will get a 1GB email storage and your email account is username@gowebtop.com. I really like the interface. You can easily create folders and manage your email messages. Currently, goWebtop still in beta mode and there are some bugs/issues that they haven’t fix.
goWebtop
Posted by Lim on Feb 13th, 08 | Filed under
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Issuu is a Web 2.0 service which can convert any PDF files to online books. The interesting feature is it enable user who doesn’t install PDF plugin to view the book.
When you upload your PDF document, Issuu will then convert it to a web based document, which require flash player to open. The converted document looks more like a book then the original PDF document.
After you upload your PDF document, you will get a direct link to your online book and you can easily embedded it to your social networking websites such as MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Blogger, and etc. Users are able to customize the viewer’s background color and the dimension. Readers can click the OPEN PUBLICATION button to view the full-screen of the document.
Currently, the uploaded PDF size must smaller than 100MB and not more than 500 pages. There are 4 categories which you can put your online documents :- Magazines, Comics, Visuals, and Photo. You can create or view others documents without register!
issuu | Create your own online book now!
Posted by Lim on Feb 9th, 08 | Filed under
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Moonk is a web service which create flash contents for your social profiles or websites. You can use Moonk to create slideshow, videoshow, or jukebox.
This Web 2.0 service create slideshow from your favorite pictures, videoshow from your best videos, and jukebox from your greatest music hits. There are few ways that you can import your media, such as Local Disk, Online Album, or import from URL given.
After you create your contents, you will get an embedded code for your profiles or websites. The code can be easily integreate with your social media website such as MySpace, Hi5, Friendster, Xanga, Yahoo!, and much more. Moonk provide 500MB disk space for every members and you can create as many slideshow as you want, as long as you have enough disk space to keep your media. Users are able to customize the player’s skin and size, and add/delete contents to the previous players.
This service is cool especially for users who active in social websites as they can easily create the slideshow or jukebox without any flash skills.
Moonk
Posted by Lim on Jan 9th, 08 | Filed under
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Wix.com is an Israel startup which provide a service for user to create flash content/website online. Create the content using drag and drop and import images and video from Flickr and Youtube.
You can use Wix to create stunning website, wicked comments for social networks, enlarge your MySpace profile, and create magazine. They provide a lot of templates for you. You can create the content by using drag and drop, upload pictures or videos from your computer or from Youtube and Flickr.
Currently, Wix websites will be published on Wix.com domain. But in future, user can publish them on their own domain. Although Wix websites are in flash format, but they are search engine friendly, which means people can reach Wix websites via search engine. It is because Wix websites inherit the XML structure which make them search engine friendly.
Currently, Wix.com still in private beta, but you can add yourself into the waiting list, so that they will inform you or send an invitation latter to you when they open the registration.
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Posted by Lim on Dec 24th, 07 | Filed under
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This countdown is generate by an online tool using flash. It is very simple and you can choose the text color, background color, countdown date, and also the text under the timer.
You can then set the size of the countdown timer. Here, i set my timer size to Normal. After you done all the settings, press the Generate Countdown Now button and it will give you a HTML code. Embed them into your website/blog and you can see the result immediately.
Click here to get one for yourself!
Update: This flash counter not working anymore.
